Replacing a damaged point and wiring in new signals at Highbrook End Model Railway

[@monsvillerailways5736]

Nice work. Better to do it once and do it right. 👍 Happy Modelling

[@highbrookendmodelrailway]

Thank you! Absolutely, I should've realised sooner how much of a pain it was going to be and installed the motors right from the start!

[@timbervalleyproductions]

Just another thought, if youre using a lot of screw terminals in areas where you may meed to disconnect them eventually, id highly recommend use of Squires tools 'choc-bloc' connevtors, which are screw terminals, two sets, kust one of them (the sets of blocks) has a pin which locates into the other set, making it easy to clip the joints together. Hopefully you understand what i mean 😂

[@timbervalleyproductions]

Just a thought about ballast - I use Pets at Home Calci Sand - about a tenner for a couple of Kilos. It's real stone too and looks incredibly fine and pretty realistic too. Much better value than other types, I highly recommend you take a look at some of that for the bit that needs reballasting 😁

[@highbrookendmodelrailway]

All of the ballasting is done on the layout apart from that little section, and I'd quite like it to match, plus I can buy it in small quantities (as little as 50g) so it's ideal for just patching up small sections. I will definitely keep it in mind if I need some scenic aggregate for any of the sidings though, thank you!

[@_RandomPea]

Hmmm. I just did a video on my insulfrog points from Hornby not isolating the passing loop, I'm toying with ripping it out and probably should

[@highbrookendmodelrailway]

Thankfully this didn't take me too long, maybe around 2hrs 30mins and that was with filming and setting up shots / re-recording explanations that I messed up! Odd that it's not isolating, not had that problem myself yet. Maybe a metal fragment in the mechanism?

[@SpaceParanoidX]

Have you tried spraying the ballast with warm/hot water to soften the pva and then remove it?

[@highbrookendmodelrailway]

I have tried it before when I re-ballasted some sections I did poorly the first time round, it worked but wasn't too effective (maybe my glue is too strong!) This area is right where two baseboards join, thus there is a slight gap and I didn't want to risk everything getting soaked. For larger areas this might be good idea. :)